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Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot

Kenya

1999 – 2024 (24 years old)

Kenyan distance-running prodigy who shattered the world marathon record in 2023 with an astonishing time of 2:00:35 at the Chicago Marathon, becoming the first person in history to run an official marathon in under 2 hours and 1 minute.

Uasin Gishu, Eldoret, Kenya

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Gigi Riva

Luigi Riva

Italy

1944 – 2024 (79 years old)

Italy's all-time top goalscorer with thirty-five goals in forty-two caps, 'Rombo di Tuono' (Roar of Thunder), who famously led underdog Cagliari to their historic first and only Serie A Scudetto in 1970.

Cagliari, Italy

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Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer

Germany

11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024 (78 years old)

Franz Beckenbauer, universally revered as 'Der Kaiser', was a peerless German footballer, tactician, and sporting statesman who revolutionized the sport by creating the modern attacking sweeper (libero) role. He is one of only three men to win the FIFA World Cup as both captain (1974) and manager (1990), and he led Bayern Munich to three consecutive European Cups (1974–1976).

Salzburg, Austria

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Mario Zagallo

Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo

Brazil

9 August 1931 – 5 January 2024 (92 years old)

Mário Zagallo was a monumental Brazilian football figure and the first person ever to win the FIFA World Cup as both a player and a manager. Winning four World Cups in total (player in 1958 and 1962, manager in 1970, and assistant coordinator in 1994), he orchestrated Brazil's dazzling 1970 team and pioneered the tactically disciplined, box-to-box winger role.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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George McGinnis

George McGinnis

United States

1950 – 2023 (73 years old)

Dominant American basketball power forward who led the Indiana Pacers to two ABA championships, shared the 1975 ABA MVP award with Julius Erving, became a three-time NBA All-Star, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Indianapolis, United States

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Terence Frederick Venables

Terry Venables

Great Britain

1943 – 2023 (80 years old)

Charismatic English football manager and player nicknamed "El Tel", who won La Liga managing Barcelona, lifted the FA Cup with Tottenham Hotspur, and orchestrated England's euphoric run to the semi-finals of UEFA Euro '96.

London, United Kingdom

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Bobby Charlton

Sir Robert Charlton

Great Britain

11 October 1937 – 21 October 2023 (86 years old)

Sir Bobby Charlton was an iconic English footballer and gentleman of the sport renowned for his ferociously powerful long-range strikes, passing vision, and exemplary sportsmanship. A survivor of the 1958 Munich Air Disaster, he rebuilt Manchester United to capture the European Cup in 1968 and led England to its sole World Cup triumph in 1966, winning the Ballon d'Or.

Macclesfield, Cheshire, Great Britain

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Francis Henry Lee

Francis Lee

Great Britain

1944 – 2023 (79 years old)

Dynamo English football striker who formed Manchester City's fabled late-1960s triumvirate with Colin Bell and Mike Summerbee, winning every domestic and European honor, and later building a multi-million-pound toilet paper empire.

Wilmslow, United Kingdom

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Timothy Stephen Wakefield

Tim Wakefield

United States

1966 – 2023 (57 years old)

Beloved American knuckleball pitcher who spent seventeen seasons with the Boston Red Sox, winning two World Series championships (2004, 2007) and 200 career games, revered for his humility and extensive community philanthropy.

Melbourne, United States

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Salif Keïta Traoré

Salif Keïta

Mali

1946 – 2023 (76 years old)

Legendary Malian footballer nicknamed "The Black Pearl" who became the inaugural African Footballer of the Year in 1970, starred as a prolific goalscorer for AS Saint-Étienne, and later served as president of the Malian Football Federation.

Bamako, Mali

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Alejandro Federico Martín Bahamontes

Federico Bahamontes

Spain

1928 – 2023 (95 years old)

Legendary Spanish road cyclist nicknamed "The Eagle of Toledo" (El Águila de Toledo), who in 1959 became the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France and won a record-equaling six Tour Mountains classifications.

Toledo, Spain

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Trevor John Francis

Trevor Francis

Great Britain

1954 – 2023 (69 years old)

English footballer and manager who made history in 1979 as Britain's first £1 million player when Brian Clough signed him to Nottingham Forest, scoring the winning header in the 1979 European Cup Final in Munich.

Marbella, Spain

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Luis Suárez Miramontes

Luis Suárez Miramontes

Spain

1935 – 2023 (88 years old)

Maestro Spanish footballer who won the 1960 Ballon d'Or—remaining the only Spanish-born male player to win the award—and orchestrated Helenio Herrera's "Grande Inter" team that won back-to-back European Cups in 1964 and 1965.

Milan, Italy

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Mirko Novosel

Mirko Novosel

Croatia

1938 – 2023 (84 years old)

Legendary Croatian basketball coach who led Yugoslavia to the 1980 Olympic gold medal, built the KK Cibona dynasty that won two EuroLeague titles with Dražen Petrović, coached Croatia to Olympic silver in 1992, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Zagreb, Croatia

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James Craig Brown

Craig Brown

Great Britain

1940 – 2023 (82 years old)

Longest-serving Scotland national football team manager who guided the country to Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, revered across Scottish football for his tactical acumen, humility, and warmth.

Ayr, United Kingdom

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James Ray Hines

Jim Hines

United States

1946 – 2023 (76 years old)

American sprinter who made sports history at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics by becoming the first human being to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters, winning Olympic gold with a world record time of 9.95 seconds.

Hayward, United States

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Jim Brown

James Nathaniel Brown

United States

17 February 1936 – 18 May 2023 (87 years old)

James Nathaniel 'Jim' Brown is widely acclaimed as the greatest football player in NFL history, whose unstoppable combination of 6-foot-2, 230-pound power, speed, and balance dominated the league with the Cleveland Browns (1957–1965). Retiring at the peak of his career at age twenty-nine without ever missing a single game due to injury, he was also an elite lacrosse player, Hollywood actor, and civil rights leader who organized the 1967 Cleveland Summit.

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Frentorish Tori Bowie

Tori Bowie

United States

1990 – 2023 (32 years old)

American track and field superstar who won three medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics (gold in 4x100m, silver in 100m, bronze in 200m) and became the 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, hailed as the fastest woman in the world.

Sand Hill, United States

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